Monday, June 22, 2009

Day 7 of the wait for "dollar details"


A week ago, OC Register “Watchdog” reporter Teri Sforza posted an account of complaints—charges of “inflated numbers” and cheating [aka "fraud"]—regarding Saddleback College “Emeritus” PE classes at Laguna Woods Village, aka “Leisure World” (Is college cheating state for seniors’ fitness classes?).

The matter was originally pursued by dogged LWV resident Doug Goforth, but he managed to get other residents riled, yielding a petition in May, which was presented to an LWV governing board. The petition had little impact, but the issue lingers.

In a follow-up article a few hours later, Sforza said she had asked Saddleback College for a response, and she did get a brief statement from spokeswoman Jennie McCue. But Sforza had also asked for “dollar details” for these PE courses.

As of Monday afternoon, said Sforza, she had not yet been provided with the latter (which was understandable).

On Friday (i.e., four days later), Sforza reported that “We're still waiting on dollar figures for the Emeritus physical education program….”

Leisure World Bikers' Bar

As near as I can tell, she’s still waiting. Anyway, there are no indications in today's edition of the Reg (as of a few minutes ago) that the information has been provided.

OK, so this is DAY 7 of the WAIT FOR "DOLLAR DETAILS." It'll be interesting to see what happens—or doesn't.

(Note: if there is an issue here, it concerns not only Saddleback's Emeritus PE courses but Irvine Valley College's as well [or so it seems to me, but whaddoo I know].)

Yesterday, young Natalie, celebrating Fathers Day

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Give them a break Roy - they're still counting... and besides, cover-ups take time!

Anonymous said...

LW bikers' bar.. heh! You are a funny dude.

Roy Bauer said...

A friend sent the bikers' bar photo (and title). I, too, thought it was funny.

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